2022 Kindergarten Enrolments

The College is currently taking Kinder enrolments for 2022.  We encourage families with siblings looking to enrol for next year to please contact Mylinda Fletcher enrol@staloysius.tas.edu.au or 6229 0200.  Applications close Friday, 30th April.

Baby News

Congratulations to Mrs Angie Mitchell (Middle Campus teacher) and her husband Rohan on the birth of Nellie Rose on Friday, 5th March.  

College and Parish Fair

Thank you to the parents and staff who attended the College and Parish Fair meeting last week.

The decision was made to not progress any further with the planning of the Fair until the next scheduled meeting - Thursday, 24th June.  At this meeting, a decision will be made based on the current COVID situation as to whether to proceed with the Fair in its current format.

Muso's Corner

Sean Brady – Drum Tutor
As a working professional, drummer Sean Brady performs in numerous bands and ensembles in Hobart, playing weekly as a member of both original music projects as well as doing cover band and private function work. He also works as a session musician for hire for recording projects and touring acts. Originally from Sydney, he studied percussion at the Conservatorium of Music in Hobart and now has a teaching practice offering drum tuition at schools in Kingston, Huntingfield and Sandy Bay at all levels - from beginners through to advanced students.
Sean’s contact details are:
Phone: 0409 818 301
Email: bradys6@bigpond.com

 

New College Finance System

The following letter was issued to families last week regarding the new finance system.  If you have any question please contact Acting Business Manager Mary Macrae 6229 0100.

P&F Easter Raffle

Each family will have received 5 raffle tickets to sell for the P&F fundraising Easter raffle.  Please contact the Campus offices if you haven't received yours or would like to sell more.

The donation of Easter eggs would be greatly appreciated as prizes and can be left at either Campus office.

Further details can be found in the attached flyer

Student Achievement

Congratulations to Grade 7 student Imogen Martini who has been announced as the co-winner of the Liffey Youth Poetry Prize, 8-12 years category.  Established by Ten Days on the Island, the prize offers the chance for young writers to showcase their work.

As a co-winner Imogen will read her poem at the Weekend Poetical event this weekend at Liffey Hall.

This is Imogen's winning poem which was based on the difficult year we all just experienced - 

Looking Out and Looking In
Far above, the sun flies high,
A golden bauble in the sky,
And all the planets orbit her,
Some quite slowly, some in a blur,
And meteorites come whizzing by.
When I look up to the stars,
And Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Mars,
I’m reminded that we are so small,
Of no significance at all,
Here on this little planet of ours.
And then I turn, and I look down.
At all the small insects on the ground,
And the tiny leaves on the trees,
Yellows and browns and legions of greens.
On our small island, life abounds.
In our detached minds we overlook
The miniscule universe underfoot.
It seems undoubtable to me,
We can co-exist in harmony.
Whether to the sky or to the ground we look.
So though this year has tried us hard,
Many privileges we’ve had to discard,
Through all this, closer we’ve grown,
For sticking together, we’re never alone.

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop has had another busy start to the year getting all the current and new students ready for the new school year.

As many of you would be aware, this year changes had to be made to how the back to school sales worked, due to Covid-19 restrictions. These changes worked very well, with lots of positive feedback from families. They mostly enjoyed the ease and speed of Qkr ordering, compared to the normally long wait queues we have always experienced in the past. I would like to thank families for supporting and embracing these changes. I would also especially like to thank the wonderful volunteers who generously helped out at this time, giving up their own time so we can open. These kind people, some helping more than once, were Rebecca Polley, Juliet White, Amanda Doyle, Georgiana Ulrych, Sarah King, Leah Willis, Amanda Barry, Joanne Palmer, Alicia Ashlin and Mariza Stott. It would not be possible to operate without the assistance of these volunteers.

Thank you!

Alison Brereton

Uniform Shop Manager